TONY J BENDER: That’s Life — Do You Know Your News?

TONY J BENDER: That’s Life — Do You Know Your News?

I’ve been thinking about the poor sap who will have to document recent events in future history textbooks — assuming, of course, that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos doesn’t strike history from the curriculum or make Speaking in Tongues the official language by then.

The chapter may start something like this: “In 2016, Vladimir Putin managed to slip acid into the drinking water of 30 of 51 states. This was shortly after the discovery of the Deep State, which voted unanimously against freedom, apple pie, country music, the flag and Jesus, and for Hillary, socialism, free love, free health care and mandatory abortions.”

There’s so much strange stuff going on, the daily briefing reads like “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Let’s see if you’ve been following along. Here’s a current events pop quiz.

1. What Sen. Cory Booker said during the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearing:

A. “I am Spartacus.”

B. “I am the Walrus.”

C. “I am the peacock.”

D. “I am the clueless.”

2. Nickname for the anonymous editorial writer:

A. Deep Throat.

B. Sore Throat.

C. Deep Sheet.

D. Deepak Chopra.

3. Why did President Trump visit North Dakota and South Dakota on Friday?

A. Trying to denuclearize the peninsula.

B. What the hell did he have to lose?

C. To figure out which one has Mount Rushmore.

D. It’ll cost you $1,000 to find out.

4. Why was a young man in a plaid shirt removed from the crowd behind the president at a recent speech in Montana?

Grading: 9-11 correct: Brilliant! You’re like a lodestar or something. 6-8 correct: Did you cheat and are you willing to take a polygraph test? 3-5 correct: Don’t worry, you did better than Cory Booker. 0-2 correct: The Nike fumes may have affected you.